What should I work on today?

Sunsama CEO shares three approaches to starting his day, which ones he prefers and why.

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Hard Work

The importance of hard work to doing great work and why it looks worse than it really is.

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Meditations: Outlook

Sunsama meets Outlook (it's here!)

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Meditations: Perspective

This is the second edition of periodic posts where I share what we're writing, reading, and building at Sunsama as we explore how to work with calm and intention.

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Working from home and 'On Solitude'

This is the first of what I hope will be periodic blogposts where I'll share what we're writing, reading, and building at Sunsama as we explore how to work with calm and intention.

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Theme days

My work week is broken down into "theme days" where each day of the week has a specific focus. If you manage multiple work streams, it's a good way to work with deep focus.

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Rebalancing Work and Life

In striving for work life "integration" we take a look at why it's so hard to take time off in the middle of the day but not so hard to work late into the evening.

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When should I plan my day?

Here's how I found what works for me

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Productivity laws

Parkinson's Law, Hofstader's Law, and the Pareto Principle et. al are just adages that neatly describe messy tendencies of complex systems and not immutable physical laws. But it's convenient to fo...

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Working like a writer

The daily working habits of writers reveal a number of ways in which we can work better as we attempt creative and intellectually demanding work.

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